Surah At-Tur 52:20

Description of the Destination of the Happy

Allah the Exalted described the destination of the happy ones,

(Verily, those who have Taqwa will be in Gardens and Delight.) in contrast to the torment and punishment of the miserable;

(Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them,) meaning, enjoying the various types of delight that Allah has granted them therein, such as various types of foods, drinks, clothes, dwelling places, mounts, and so forth,

(and (the fact that) their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire.) He saved them from the torment of the Fire, which is a bounty itself. Added to this blessing is the fact that they were entered into Paradise, which has delights that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, nor has a heart ever imagined. The statement of Allah the Exalted,

("Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do") is similar to another of His statements,

(Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!)(69:24) meaning this is the just reward for your deeds; surely, all this is a favor from Allah and a reward from Him. Allah the Exalted said,

(They will recline (with ease) on thrones Masfufah.) Ath-Thawri reported from Husayn, from Mujahid, from Ibn `Abbas: "Thrones in howdahs." And the meaning of, (Masfufah) is they will be facing each other,

(Facing one another on thrones.)(37:44) Allah said next,

(And We shall marry them to Hur (fair females) with wide lovely eyes.) We made for them righteous spouses, beautiful wives from Al-Hur Al-`Ayn. We mentioned the description of Al-Hur Al-`Ayn in several other places in this Tafsir, and therefore, it is not necessary to repeat their description here.

Kemudian Allah menyebutkan apa yang mereka nikmati misalnya kasur-kasurnya (dipan-dipannya). Mereka duduk di sofa yang berjajar dengan santai tanpa suatu apapun yang membebani hati mereka. Tidak ada satu masalah pun yang mesti mereka hadapi waktu itu, sebab barang siapa yang duduk, sedangkan ia menghadapi suatu masalah atau di bebani pikiran oleh suatu masalah berarti pikiran dan hatinya tidak tenteram. Pada ayat ini dipergunakan kata-kata yajlis (duduk) bukan kata-kata yattaki'u (duduk santai). Dengan maksud untuk menjelaskan keadaan duduk seseorang yang diliputi kepuasan dan ketenteraman. Maka keadaan di surga itu menunjukkan suatu keadaan yang tenang, tanpa kesusahan, tanpa beban dan tanpa masalah. Dalam ayat yang sama artinya dikatakan:

Duduk berhadap-hadapan di atas dipan-dipan. (al-hijr/15: 47)

Duduk santai sekadar ungkapan sebagai salah satu contoh tentang kebebasan yang sebenarnya di dalam surga sebagaimana disabdakan oleh Nabi Muhammad saw: "Seseorang di dalam surga duduk santai selama 40 (empat puluh) tahun tidak berpindah dan tidak membosankannya, datang kepadanya (tanpa diusahakan) apa-apa yang diingini oleh dirinya dan disenangi oleh matanya." (Riwayat Ibnu Abi hatim) Kemudian diterangkan bahwa mereka di sana menikmati pasangan-pasangan mereka. Allah telah memberi mereka istri-istri yang cantik yang bermata jeli.